maharajah tulaja ll son of maharajah pratap singh ruled tanjore from 1763-1787 A.D, ruled for a quarter of a century during a very disturbed period in the history of the coramandal; paved the way for the fall of the dynasty. his reignal period began when the seven years war had just ended and hyder ali's cavalry attacks on the carnatic had just started.the nawab of carnatic would not be content with anything less than the annexation of thanjavur to the history. the influence of british in thanjavur also become more pronounced.the combined forces of the east india company and the nawab attacked and took thanjavur in 1773 and thanjavur was under muslim rule till 1776.the court of directors in english questioned the conduct of east india company at madras in acting against tulaja 2, their friend and ally, and finally restored the maratha king to the throne. after this restoration thanjavur fell very much under the power of the english.his last days were clouded with calamities. he died at the age of 49. his children predeceased him. so he adopted serfoji from collateral branch and agreed to brother's rule at regent until the boy came of age.the missionary schwartz, a great friend of the rajah,was also charged by him with the task of taking care of young serfoji.
tulaja ll, like his forefathers was well versed in all arts and he obtained training under his warrior and scholar king pratap singh.he patroinsed sanskrit,telugu, marathi, and tamil scholars.
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